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Pear Cut Diamond
What is the pear cut diamond?
Pear cut diamonds are also referred to as the teardrop cut diamonds. One half of the pear cut diamond is oval in shape and the other half is marquise in shape. A teardrop is perhaps the simplest way to describe the shape of the pear cut diamond.
Pointed at one end and rounded at the other, the pear cut diamond will ideally have 58 facets and the length to width ratio should be approximately 1.5:1.
Pear cut diamonds are used for a variety of diamond jewellery creations from solitaire engagement rings through to diamond pendants.
What is the history of the pear cut diamond?
As striking as the pear cut diamond appears even to the untrained eye, this diamond cut has been around for quite some time! The first pear cut diamonds were created by a Flemish polisher named Lodewyk (Louis) van Berquem of Brugge, Belgium. He created the first pear cut diamond in 1458.
Louis has definitely made his mark in diamond history, not only for creating the first pear cut diamond, but also for creating the 137 carat Florentine Diamond and inventing a diamond polishing wheel, enabling him to cut the facets of diamonds. And if that wasn’t enough, he also brought us the concept of absolute symmetry in the placement of facets – a technique that has helped create diamond cuts as we know them today.
